Op-Ed

Authoritarianism is a disease. It moves and grows gradually, but inexorably.

I first met Eric Holder during the Clinton years when he was serving as Deputy Attorney General. Back then, my community was deeply troubled by FBI harassment, the government's …

Vienna, Austria - A pair of conferences here Dec. 6-9 have tried to raise public and government awareness of nuclear weapons. The first, a Civil Society Forum put on …

In 1986, a black Massachusetts prisoner serving a life sentence for murder brutalized a Maryland couple during a weekend furlough. The prisoner's name was Willie Horton. During the 1988 …

Today, South Africa's healing process is a beacon of hope for the United States.

Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern wasn't going to let the ex-House intelligence oversight chief get away with a bland defense of torture in a rare, televised debate.

Without a plan to recommit to the rule of law and hold torturers accountable, the same abuses could be repeated in the future.

Racism intersects deeply with discrimination and violence against people of all races who are perceived as unstable or “mentally ill.”

The economic impact of falling oil prices might be bigger than you think, says Paul Krugman.

Especially in poor countries, women's lives are often directly dependent on the natural environment.